XXXIII. “In sullen, fierce indifference bide till rent
The thunder-clouds, supine—and some on Vengeance bent.”
Ἀλλ’ ὦ πατρῷα γῆ, θεοί τ’ ἐπόψιοι,
Τίσασθε, τίσασθ’ ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ποτε.
Soph. Philoct. 1040.
“But, oh father-land and all-seeing Gods! avenge, avenge at length in fitting time!” It may here be seen how unfounded is the claim of the Germans to the originality of their phrase “Vaterland.”
XXXV. “And secret treaties had the recreant drawn
With Hell’s diplomacy our soil to carve.”
O embajadores, puros majaderos!
Que si los reyes quieren engañar,
Comienzan por nosotros los primeros.
Diego de Mendoza.